Life of Pi

     Author                      Yann Martel

     Country                    Canada

     Genre                       Fiction

     Publication Date      2001

     Pages                        356







This again is one of those books that I have been putting off for the longest time. Somehow the theme didn't interest me at the outset. But the fact that this is a "Man Booker prize" winner and people rave about it all the time finally convinced me to go through it. And it was indeed a different and interesting journey.

Through this book, Yann Martel captivatingly builds the story of Pi, a sixteen year old boy who survives a sunken cargo ship only to spend days alone in the sea with a 450 pound Royal Bengal Tiger. This brilliant and extraordinary tale of survival, desperation and winning imparts some profound life lessons to its readers.

Some of my favorite quotes that will help you gauge the flavor of the book are:

"When your life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival"

"Fear: it's life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary"

"If your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you"

Despite my initial hesitation, I was truly raptured by the book. It's an experience I would recommend to others.

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